The works of the best poets of Russia are strikingly different from each other, but their fates are similar. Many of these prominent people have experienced the hardships of troubled times and the pressure of the authorities. Many became victims of unhappy love, experienced pain from the loss of loved ones. It is possible that it was the experienced dramatic events that made them the great creators.
The best poets of Russia: A. S. Pushkin
There is a name that is known to every person in school. You can not read a single work of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, but never to hear about it is impossible. He is rightly called the founder of Russian literature and the Sun of Russian poetry, he is on the list of the greatest masters of the word in the world.
In the list of the best poets of Russia A.S. Pushkin takes the first place. The authorities did not like the creator for his calls for freedom and self-will, which pervaded many of his works. The poet’s life ended in a duel when he was 37 years old. However, he managed to revolutionize Russian literature and demonstrate the beauty of his native language.
It is difficult to choose the most widely read works of Pushkin. His famous poems are “The Prisoner of the Caucasus”, “The Bronze Horseman”, “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “Poltava”. Much attention in the school literature course is given to his novel in the poems "Eugene Onegin."
Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov
The best poets of Russia are related by a tragic fate. Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov, like his famous colleague, died in a duel. Death overtook him at the age of 26, but he managed to do enough to be considered the greatest figure in Russian romanticism. Lermontov is called not only the poet of the Caucasus, but also the moon of Russian poetry.
Attention to Mikhail Yuryevich was attracted by his famous poem "The Death of a Poet." In this work, he openly accuses the authorities of the premature death of the outstanding artist of the word - Pushkin. Tsar Nikolai the First was outraged by such impudence, so Lermontov was sent to exile in the Caucasus, where he composed many famous works. His poems are permeated with love for the motherland, lyricism and rebellion. Many of them call for the fight against injustice, for which the Bolsheviks fell in love with his work. It should be noted and sparkling humor of the author.
“Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich”, “Borodino”, “Tambov Treasury”, “Demon”, “Mtsyri” - it is hardly possible to list all Lermontov’s masterpieces.
Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov
Who else is on the list of the best poets of Russia? Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov rightfully occupies a worthy place in it. His poems are filled with pain for the fate of the Fatherland, pride in compatriots, love of nature. Many of Nekrasov’s works reflected his view of political events taking place in the country, for example, “Who Should Live Well in Russia”, “Russian Women”. The poetry of the creator has a close relationship with folklore. He devotes a lot of attention to the life and customs of the peasantry, the traditions of our people. Children begin to teach his poems in kindergarten.
Compared to Pushkin and Lermontov, Nekrasov lived a long life. He died at the age of 56, he died in his bed after a long illness.
Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont
The name of this creator of symbolism is included in the list of the best poets of Russia of the 20th century. Recognition did not come to him right away, he gained fame after his collections “In the vastness” and “Under the northern sky” were published. “Mermaid”, “I want you, my happiness”, “Wilderness”, “Gigantic mountains”, “Heavenly dew” - are famous poems by Balmont. His work is characterized by rich vocabulary, musicality, a variety of plots.
Almost half of his life Balmont spent abroad. He did not accept the Bolshevik system, so he left first to Germany, and then to France. Konstantin Dmitrievich spent the last years of his life in poverty. He left this world at the age of 75.
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
Parsnip went to fame for a long time. His first poetry books did not find public recognition. The place of the leading poet was provided to him by the collection My Sister is Life. Boris Leonidovich himself claimed that it included poems that determined all his work. The success of Pasternak was helped by the cycle of works of The Wave, which was created under the impression of a trip to the Caucasus.
Fame throughout the world for Boris Leonidovich was provided by the novel Doctor Zhivago, which brought him the Nobel Prize and the negative attitude of the Soviet government. But Pasternak's poems are able to tell more about his view of world order, life, death and love. Recognition of his works provides a unique style.
Alexander Alexandrovich Block
The list of the best poets of Russia in the entire history of its existence would not be complete without this name. The poems of Alexander Alexandrovich Blok are riddled with mysticism and filled with symbols. His works are pure symbolism, a different view of the world. The poet assigned an important role in his work to sounds, music, and rhythm.
Blok devoted his first works to the muse, whom Anna was his wife. Then he began to depict revolutionary events, the daily life of the new Russia. Alexander Alexandrovich loved to delve into the psychology of people, singing tragic love. The Twelve is his most famous poem. “Scythians”, “Night, street, lantern, pharmacy ...”, “Stranger”, “I go into dark temples” - are well-known verses of Blok.
Nobel laureate
I. A. Bunin is the first Russian writer whose work was awarded the Nobel Prize. He differed from his colleagues in the literary workshop in that he never talked about social injustice and inequality, he did not go into politics. His poems are an ode to the beauty of pristine nature. The Creator savored its euphonies, an entrancing atmosphere. Bunin loved to turn to sensual and capacious phrases, used epithets, listened to sounds.
The revolutionary events prompted Ivan Alekseevich to leave for France, but until the end of his life he dreamed of returning to his native country and did not cease to worry about her fate. He lived a long life and died at 83 years old. Famous poems of Bunin - “For all of you, Lord, thank you”, “Young King”, “In the centennial darkness of the black spruce”, “Alyonushka”.
Rebel Poetess
The work of A. A. Akhmatova attracts representatives of different generations. She wrote many lyric poems, the main theme of her works is love. Anna Andreevna in her work condemned the atrocities of the authorities, expressed a sharply negative attitude to the injustice that was happening around.
Under Soviet rule, an unofficial ban on Akhmatova’s poems was in effect for about 15 years. After World War II, an official decree was issued that forbade the publication of her works. The poetess was forced to "flirt" with the authorities when her son was arrested and thrown into prison. Then she tried to praise the government in her poems, but it did not bring her any benefit. The poet spent most of her life in Leningrad, where she died at the age of 76. Her famous works are “Requiem”, “Gray-eyed King”, “On the threshold of a white paradise”, “Poem without a hero”, “Like a straw, you drink my soul”.
Singer of the Russian village
S. A. Yesenin was from a peasant family; he spent the first years of his life in the small village of Konstantinovo. The memories of his early years left an imprint on his entire work. In many works of Sergei Alexandrovich flowers bloom, the splashing of waves and the rustling of reeds are heard. It was the beauty of the countryside that prompted him to write. The poet’s works are full of amazing imagery, musicality. In his work, he criticizes hypocrisy, hypocrisy, deceit, stands for truth and justice. In many of Esenin's poems, acute social conflicts are reflected. He criticizes the authorities, reflects on the fate of the people and the country.
Sergei Yesenin tragically died at the age of 30. The official version says that the poet laid hands on himself, but many researchers believe that he was killed by the KGB. His famous works are “The Black Man”, “Confession of a Hooligan”, “You Are My Abandoned Land,” “Goy You, Russia, My Own ...”, “Birch Trees,” “Niva Harvested, Grove Goals ...”.
V.V. Mayakovsky
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky is a poet who made a significant contribution to futurism. “A sting for bureaucrats”, “a master of rhyming”, “a mad bull of modern poetry” - contemporaries honored him with such epithets. The poet’s creativity was actively used for propaganda purposes by the Bolsheviks.
The fate of the poet cannot be called happy. He constantly stayed in a creative search, searched and did not find himself, failed to meet reciprocity in love. His end was sad: at the age of 36 he shot himself, leaving a note in which he said that no one was to blame for his death ... True, some researchers even managed to find a trace of the Chekists in this story. “Cloud in pants”, “Passport”, “About it” - his famous works.